Turret device



Nov. 9, 1943. KREIMBQRG L 2,333,939

TURRET DEVICE Filed .Feb. 28, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORS JOSEPH KREIMBORG JOHfi J. Bl5b A TTORNEY,

Nov. 9, 1943- J. KREIMBORG EIAL 2,333,939

TURRET DEVICE Filed Feb. 28, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1N VENTORS JOJ'EPH h RE 1H8 ORG Patented Nov. 9, 1943 UNITED I STATES PATENT I j TURRET DEVICE Joseph Kreimborg, Ludlow, Ky" and John Bichsel, Cincinnati, hio,assignors to Jefferson Machine Tool Company Division of The Bob. Company, Cincinnati,

Ohio

Ohio, a corporation of Application February 28, L942, Serial No. 432,850.

Claims.

Our invention relates to machine tools, and more especia ly to attachments for machine. tools charac erizcdin that. the attachmentholds a p u i f ools successively or selectively brought into operative relation to the work piece arriedv by he machine. tool, In a usual turret lathe is an example ofv a device operating to. this effect, but built as part of the lathe, and it usually serves. to bring tools to position for application along a line axially of a work piece rotated by the lathe.- Our present invention relates more particularly to turret means to bring tools to position for application along a line radial or tangential of such piece.

An object of our invention, therefore, is to make available for use. as a turret machine tool, a machine tool not initially provided with means for such use, by means so attachable to a working part of .the machine tool as to permit the feeding and positioning of the attachment by the usual means normally operative on the machinc tool. This object our invention has in common with certain prior devices, and the peculiar object is to improve in the mounting of tools on the attachment or turret, and inthe' setting of the turret to apply the tools at various postures as may he required, and in the fixour invention and of parts of a lathe to indicate the mode of application of the device to the lathe, the turret head carrying tools, to indicate the mode of application of the tools to the work carried by the lathe chuck; f

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of said device, detached from the lathe and without tools;

Fig. 3 is a head-end elevation of the turre head without the tool-holding stirrups;

Fig. 4 is a tail-end elevation of the device, corresponding to the front elevation of Fig. 2.;

Fig. 5 is ahead-end elevation of the same, portions of three tools carried by the turret head, and a complete fourth tool carried thereby, being shown by dot-and-dash lines, and an application of this fourth tool to the work being indicated, while dash lines indicate a ,Second-postured application of the same tool to the work;

Fig. 6 'is an enlarged partial vertical frontrtcrear section of the turret head. on. the'p anec usual tool post of the lathe.*

the line 6-4 oi Fig. 2, more clcar y-i l s gtill theclamping of a toolin the tur et head; I 1

Fig. 7 is a further enlarged vertical longitudinal I th Pl c -s the. liss section of the device, on 1-1 of Fig. l; v I Fig. 8 is a vertical cross. section of thev 0,1 p-

s o ar on h pla o h l ne-8+ oi Fig. 9 is a vertical crossfsecticn the devic on the plane of, the line 978 of Fig, f Z,

being broken away for lacl; of space; w

Fig. 10 is a like section ontheplane .o,f ..the line |0. ..-.|norFi .7.; ".i if. Q la lis a ra m n ar ection 9 ihcpl an of he e use of .F g 1 to illustra mor e r the attachment f e s o to the roc e than is to be understood iromFis. Q and i0; and Fig. 12 is a vertical Qlgfi-fifi tionpn theplane of the line |Z-.IZ of .Fig. '7 portions'being broken away for lack of space. j

In t e pr ferred construction i hichicurinv n c is odi d, a ba rel 1., hcll w'tu u a n a orizon a axis inte ral. with s 29tom a ase 2 ex endin backwardnith Jit DQ-P- tom surface finished plane to fit on the plane top o the cross sl de A ci a athaiand. with s end ng ton ue 3 accuratc v.s idcd1hc wec th p r de alls. B he csswisc ,T-slct o oss s id A seen i Fisi 1-1 a 'Pql s att n up m b e 2 a o he re r s dc'ciiharml I, b i t gr w th th ha a d barr l, and a clamp b l 5 xt n s own hro h h vertica b 0 he boss and throu h tens le 3 belo ic it s th e d d intc time plate 'i'zwhic lies i the lower part o he crc sslidc T slo be w n w C hc oi to be drawn. u aga ns the overhanging surfac s o the T81 1 man clamping t base and ar l. t0 heisth ra d in a w ll ncwn manne sn gly jo rna i t; in t e barre I is the DQ5- t ring r r 1,. also .lic lcwitubulsr, and this retor a i ss t it a thc hcadicm l hetre l t e r l t ve y t ck isk 8 ha an Endthrust ea ing a ainst h ad acen cud 9 barrel The sp nd e i is. snugly .J'cu nalcd in rotor 1, ext nding tthc hea cnd'v t js ishtly reduced diameter leaving a shoulder at 'thelieadfa e si e o di .8; a dtbis duc d exten end pa t o th .sp ndlchs's fi -c' on it he. turret head ll t een the ups t and of the'seill l and the shoulder; The spindle wand head ll may be welded together at the upset'end of the,

sp nd e, as a 1!) or he e panama otherwise e c nne te to m ke them ig dly "uni ary The head H hasan'annular. flan .1; fn its i pla e 9.1 th i into this groove upon movement axially in tailend direction, of turret head relatively'to rotor I and its disk 8. The disk has a radial lubricant port I6, and the spindle has alongitudinal lubricant groove with which port, It

may register. H i

The segmentalflanges l5, uniformly spaced, leave detent notches l3 between each two ad-. jacent segment ends; and these ends are so shaped that these notches I8 are offset from but have their side walls parallel with a dia- 'metral line through the axis" of the assembly.

i I The circularportion'of disk 8 bounded by groove "13 has in it a" dog'-guiding groove |3- of likeofff'set relation to the axis, that is,'bei ng chordalto the disk inner portion. The locking dog" slides snugly in this groove Hand is pressed to extend one end "2| toward the segments l5 and into'notches l8, bya compression spring 22 extending'iroma bore 22" in the other end of the dog 20 into'a bore in a flller block 23 held in groove |3by pins 24, as best seen in Fig. 12; The notches l3 are narrower than the'dog-guiding groove 1|9, and the entering endpartot the dog 231s" tapered at '25 to fit' wedgingly against a champier 23 at the radially inner end of one side alining with'the" corresponding side of the dogguiding groove I3 and receiving the straight side 21 of the end part of the dog'20." As indicated by 'the arrows, the turret head with its, segments 15., may be rotated over-forward. under-backward relativelyitodisk 8,,but is locked against .oppositefturningduejto the relation of the dog andnotches,"

f eter forming apart 3| of a groove, the oth er part .151 which is formed by' an enlarged diameter 32 "of the end part ofthe bore or barrel I, as best seenin Figs. 7 and '10. The rocker 33 is collarshaped, with'an exterior radially extending boss '34 internally threaded, into which is screwedthe.

reduced threaded end part of the handle '35 to extend radially fromf'ro'cker 33'." Internally, this rocker 331s threaded snugly to' receive the-exteriorly threaded collar 23: and (the head-face projects'from theposturirlg roof each notch.|3;' the other side of the'notch.

and a compression spring ll in an upward branch of the recess presses the pawl 4|) to the periphery of wheel 38 or into any one of its notches 42,

all of which is best seen in Fig. 9. As the arrow indicates, swinging handle 35 forward and down! ward, that is, away from the lathe spindle as best understood from Fig. 5, causes; pawl to lock against a tooth end of a'notch ll, turning the spindle Hi, and the turret head unitary there tary, both as to turning and as to axial distance between the rocker 33 and the turret head II.

For the directions of rotation just described, the p threads orwrocker 33 and collar 23 mnemhand. Thus, when" the handle 3311s ward the lathe spindleaxia -thatis oppoeit'e to the direction indicated by the arrow, Figs; 4. 5,

10 and 12, andmdstt clearly in mg. Q'the eolIar, 29v being held not to rotate relative to posturing Y rotor l by the pins 2!,and therocker being vented by the clamped ratchet" wheel' 33 from moving in tail-end'direction, the collar" 23 must slide in head-enddlrection to clampagainlt'th'e end of rotor land, with -further swinging of handle 35, to draw the spindle l3 and turret-head axially in tail-end direction. This movement results in drawing the turret-head segmental flanges I5 to wedge their slanted outer sides to the conical wall ll of disk 3,*which is'a unitary part of the rotor I; I a Y Asmall cover plate 43 is held to the rocker 33 ,by two screws 41, holding thepawl-ll audits spring 4| in place. 'Ontheinner' side of rocker 3 3| and. 32 in thezends of rotor and barrel side of theQrOcker'IormS a thrust bearing 36 againstflthe adjacent end or posturing rotor 1,

"barrel Past collar 29,

spindle no has opposite atter,

c5 and 'less sniigly,i against; the 'adja cent end of and the ratchet'wheel 33 has 'itscentral opening j snugly fitting the flatted spindle portion, so that the spindle will turn with the wheel '38. In a recess, which is an extension of the circular recess in thetail-fac'e side of rocker 33 in which ratchet wheel 38 is'received, a pawl 40 pivoted as before explained, is the segmental stopll,

held to the rocker 33 bytwoipins ll;- Onkthe reduced cylindrical endupartol'. rotor-1 which forms the groove part 3|, is the segmentalwtop -50., held to rotor 1 by :two pins 5|. stop 48 is radially wide enoughto occupy both groove parts 3| and 32; but rotor stop occupies only rotor ro ve part 3|. so that rotor l, in assembling the device, may be passed through of I barrel I with the stop 53 pinned onto thereto:

1, as could not be done after the rotor I .hasbean passed into the barrel without stop on it.

Rotor 1 has be n. called a posturing rotor-jot the reason that it isadant dto be rotated in .barrel I u fi ys lliof the turret-W settin and locking plampinsc ilemfinlis W- ried by rotor I as above moon of rotor l in; the directien of the arrow 5 will soreset the parts,, -foi: instancelthat P the 9 #QWWEWJMQ :4 w thwt a horizontal @ndm tinswwk p e boom-me horizontal plane. or thework-piece axis, itwwill These diflferent settings r the tools in; tool post of course are according to the. skill of-jthe ma chinist; prompted by shape o'f'theltool outting ed e orpoin't, 'theinaterialhitlie workpiece f and other. considerations fwell art; This rotationiandshiitlns enablesiour 'device 'to permit 'such'settingsoffthetools, each taking its new setting as brought under and up to the'work, as easily as one tool is reset with it usual mountingon a lathe, either by a. rocker in the tool post or by rise and fall'oi the .lathe cross slide.

For clamping rotor I in barrel I or releasing it 'ior'turning, to make the shifting of tool settings just described, barrel I is slitted at .52 on its front side where it has the lower ear'53 and the upper ear 54 integral with it, made separate by the slitting. A.c1amp screw 55 through upper ear 54 is threaded into lower ear 53, with its head pressing a lock washer .55 to the top of upper ear 54, drawing the upper portion of barrel I down to clamp rotor I between it and the lower portion of the barrel after the rotor has been turned for the'tool. setting .just described. The vertical position of .handle 35 shown throughout the views of the drawings is that at the beginning of a forward downward swing of the handle to rotate. the turret head II, with the rotor" I clamped in the barrel I, for setting the next tool, as the tool 11 partly shown at the bottom of Fig. 5, up to the, work; and it is the position to which handle 35 is returned immediately. after this setting. This return swing, as before explained, is the movement which sets clamp .collar 29 rigidly to clamp theturret head .II to clamped rotor I, for the accurate working of the tool. It will be understood that the entire device is drawn forward by working the cross-slide screw D, Fig. 1, as usual on a. lathe, while tool shifting is effected. Also, that if rotor I is shifted in barrel I for setting from a to c in Fig. 5,

this same cross slide operation sets the device downward swinging of handle 35, leaving the tur- 'ret'head unlocked with the tool in wrong-position or posture, in which it might be locked by collar 29 on return up-swing of handle 35. It 4 is highly desirable, therefore, that the downswing of handle 35 be stopped fairly accurately at that point which it has reached just when dog has entered a notch I8; that is, not beyond the reach of the dog 20, Wedging to notch champfer 26, to bring, by the pressure of spring 22 on the dog, the turret head to its exact position for locking by the dog and correct presentation of the tool, to maintain this condition until the up-swing of handle and action of collar 29 clamps the parts in such condition, in themanner before fully explained.

Certain prior apparatus having many of the characteristics of our device in the respects to here described, has had a stop for the rocker 33 and handle 35 fixed on the part corresponding to the barrel I and base 2 of our device. A stop so fixed can insure correct setting only at one setting of the posturing rotor I in the barrel I. Rotation of this rotor I and clamping it in a new position, raising a tool as in Fig. 5, or lowering it, in either case departing from the relation for which the prior fixed stop was located,

will result in carrying a turret head notch I8 case having the wrong results that canbe'had by using no stop, as just before explained- We rotor I, as before describedand' as best seen in Fig. 10; The relative positioning of these stops as shown allows slightly more'than degrees swing of handle 35; sufficient to insure a turrethead notch 18 being carried fullyinto respective relation to-dog 20, yet preventing the notch being carried past the dog. These stops always will have this'relative position, because stop 5|! is on rotor I and is set properly in just the degree that adjustment of rotor -I in barrel I, for reposturing the' tools as before explained, is adjusted.

As the action of clamp collar 29- depends upon the degree of swinging of rocker 33- and handle 35, being screwed farther toward rotor I on a long return swing, or not so far on a short return swing, as can occur with the prior art fixed stop, the clamping efiect of this collar can be exerted against ratchet wheel'38 ori an excessive down swing, making it hard to start return of the handle 35 and rocker 33 and tending to loosen nut 34 on the spindle. With our improved combination of stops, this clamping effect always is the same, to whatever degree rotor I is turned on barrel I. The nicety with which this collar 29 should operate is indicated by the use of the four pins 28,'which permit the collar 29 to be assembled with rotor I in any one of four different angular positions; being intervals of one-fourth the thread pitch. Also, one or the other setting onthe pins ZIi'insuresthat only about one-fourth turn of rocker 33,- or one-fourth the thread pitch, effects the movement of collar 29 axially to from clamping relation to rotor I.'

The turret head II comprises, integrally formed, a plate 56 having a hub 56f for spindle I0, and having the four yokes 51," one for each of the four settings before described; the plate 56 for this number of yokes being approximately square, with a yoke next to each of its corners. Each yoke has a: pair of inner faces 58 alined atright angles to one of the adjacent plate edges and separated by a gap 59. The yoke narrows outwardly to an outer face 51 from which. there is a bore 60 into the gap 59 at right angles to the faces 58'. The outer narrower portion ofthe yoke projects at 60' past the other plate edge adjacent to the corner; and theplate 55 has, at each yoke, a recess BI continuouswithand Widening in ward from the gap 59, to receive a respective stirrup: 62. Eachstirrup 62. comprises a neck' 63 and opposite pairs of arms diverging from the neck 63 inwardly, with each pair of arms having its inner ends joined integrally by a crossing part 65 having its face 65 between arms parallel with the yoke inner faces 53; these faces 66 and faces 58 being machined as abutments to receive the straight edges of a tool bar, as the edges a and a of the bar a in Figs. 5 and 6. A clamp screw 61 passes through the yoke bore 60 and threads into the stirrup neck 63, so that, turned with its head against outer yoke face 51', screw 61 draws stirrup faces 66 toward yoke faces 58 to clamp the tool bar. e

The tool bar thus is very positively held against yielding in the plane of rotation, and is maintained in any position to which it is moved or swung in the stirrup 62 by the operator in setting up the machine, by the tightness of clamping, as in any usual tool post setting. The turret head Il thus carries the four tool bars or holders at four equally spaced tangents to'aclrcle of rotation of the head as it is set by handle 35, or as "the posture is shifted bysetting the rotor 'l in the barrel I, as before-described. Tool bars of ample rectangular cross section, likethose Yet the turret head H is not excessively bulky or heavy; and the entire device is readily applied y to a usual lathe with, theresult of converting the lathe into an efiective turret lathe for-rapid successive operations on the lathe work gradial or tangential to a circle of rotation of the work. It will be understood that an embodiment of our invention may provide for a greater orless number of tools, with the setting mechanism altered accordingly, and with corresponding shapes and spacings of yokes in theturret headiormation. Also, that any such embodiment may function on any machine, whether called a lathe or not, in which tools are similarly appliedv to the work carried by the machine; as for instance, but without limitation, certain boring or milling machines, so called, 'used' insuch a manner. Also it will be understood that various other modifications may occur in use of the principles of our improvements, and that while we have described a preferred embodiment rather specifically, we

. are not to be limited to such precise disclosure,

but .i

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is g I 1. In a turret device, a rotor, a barrel in which said rotor is rotatable, means whereby said barrel may be made to clamp said rotor stationary, a' spindle rotatable in said rotor, a turret head fixed on said spindle, a plurality of means on said turret head to hold thereon respective tools to be-positioned selectively for operation on a work piece carried by a machine on which the turret device is mounted, locking elements on said rotor and on said turret head, respectively, co-

active to lock each toolin its operating position,

manipulating means having a range ofswinging and active on said spindle when swung in one direction-to position each tool, and when swung coactingstops, one on said rotor and one on'and swung with said manipulating means, so relatively located as to stop the tool-positioning swing of the manipulating means with the tur-w ret-head and rotor locking elements inv relation for locking action, the rotation of the one stop.

with the rotor, maintaining the relative location of the two stops when the rotor is turned and set "in the'barrel.

.upon said clamping engagement, tocause said spindle to draw said turret :head into clamped,

contact with said rotor, and in which devicmithe maintenance of relative location of the stops upon change of setting of ,the rotorastherein set forth, maintains, the degree oi. axial movement of said member.v on the spindle incident to the tool-setting and return ulating means.

3. A turret deviceas set which the rotor is recessed within the barrel, and

the therein mentioned one stop is located inithe f recessed portion of the rotor, the stop on the-manipulating means projecting into and traveling 3 in said recessed portion to and, from said one stop as the manipulating means .is swung."

4. A turret device as set iorth in claim Lin which the barrelis'recessed interiorlyrnext to the rotor and the manipulating means. and the therein mentioned one stop is located on the ro tor within the recessed portion of the barrel, the

stop on the manipulating means projecting into and traveling in said recessed portion to and from said one stop as the manipulating means is swung.

5. Aturret device as set forthin claimilrin which the rotor is recessed within the barrela'nd the barrel is recessed interiorly coincident/with the recessing of the rotor, next to the manipulating means, and the therein mentioned one stop on the rotor being within the recessed portiono! the rotor, the stop on the manipulating means projecting into and traveling in the recessed por- JOSEPH KREIMBORG. i JOHN" J. BICHSEL.

swings of manly me in' claim 1, in" 

